In 2015, value of energy imports was 912,931 million baht. It decreased 34.8 percent compared with the previous year. The low price of crude oil is the key factor that caused the decline in energy import value. World market prices of crude oil were fluctuating in the first half and steadily decline in the second half of the year. The world's oil supply was rising while the oil demand was not high due to the slowdown of the global economy. This year, prices of crude oil import averaged at 54.3 US dollars per barrel. The crude oil import is accounted for 65 percent of total energy imports. The energy import decrease due to the reduction of energy prices except the value of electricity and LNG import that increased by the import volume.